Washington D.C.-- Congressman John Rose took to the House floor to highlight the many partisan provisions inside President Biden’s budget, including the exclusion of the Hyde Amendment, which prevents taxpayer funded abortions.
The full speech, as prepared for delivery, is below:
Mister Speaker, President Biden’s budget is symbolic of his wasteful, build-back-broke agenda that was filled with partisan provisions, $73 trillion in new spending, $58 trillion in taxes, and $16 trillion in new debt all over the next decade.
When hard-working Tennesseans get together to come up with a household budget, they have difficult conversations with one another about what exactly they can afford. If something falls under the category of unnecessary or unaffordable, the last thing they do is put it on their grandchildren’s credit cards. That’s exactly what this budget does. President Biden and Congressional Democrats praising his proposal are now on record seeming to have no issue with mortgaging our country and its children’s future. Even amidst the largest increase in inflation since 1981.
There are many wasteful provisions in President Biden’s budget proposal, like the $11 billion being sent to foreign, developing, countries to help adapt to global warming. The one that I struggle with the most is the one that gives $400 million to Planned Parenthood and other entities that perform abortions. The Hyde Amendment has existed in every federal appropriations bill since 1976. It is one of the most long-lasting and bipartisan agreements to protect federal taxpayer dollars from going towards abortion.
President Biden’s decision to purposely keep this out of his budget proposal is wrong and will never get my support nor that of my constituents in Middle Tennessee who are firmly pro-life. Leaving out the Hyde Amendment is only another partisan attempt to advertise the president’s anti-life position and satisfy those that support the horrible atrocities of abortion.
Mister Speaker, I urge all members of Congress to stand firm in their commitment to protecting life. We must restore the Hyde Amendment and reject President Biden’s budget because no Tennessee taxpayers’ dollars, nor dollars borrowed from our children and grandchildren, should go towards subsidizing Planned Parenthood and the immoral practice of abortion.
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